Poll: Does English have a Middle Voice?
Does English have a Middle Voice? |
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Votes: 424
Comments: 3
Added: May 2004
Comments:
| ... - 26th September 2004 13:25 |
| I can't think of any verbs that mean "I ___ myself." |
| Robertson Frizero Barros - 14th April 2005 14:12 |
| We can say that the English middle voice occurs when you have a verb which is syntatically active but semantically passive. e.g.: "The broth cooked very fast." =>In this example, the verb TO COOK is in the active voice, but semantically we understand that the noun BROTH "suffers" the action TO COOK. |
| Dale Mings - 18th August 2011 13:39 |
| I feel that verbs such as rise and lie should be considered middle voice instead of only explaining them as intransitive. My reason for this is that the current explanation doesn't help people know when they should be used. Hence the total confusion in normal speech. Once students understand that lie and rise are reflexive or middle voice, they understand why they are only used in certain situations. |
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